Shortly before the new year, Gasquet withdrew from the Australian Open due to a back injury. Traces of the drug were found in a urine sample taken in March 2009. His best performance in Grand Slam singles tournaments was reaching the semifinals of the 2007 and 2015 Wimbledon Championships and the semifinals of the 2013 US Open. Why not test your tennis knowledge by tackling one of our fiendish quizzes too? 3 seed Kei Nishikori in the semifinals. Richard lost his first-round match of the French Open against fourth seed Andy Murray in five sets. He defeated defending champion Dmitry Tursunov in the first round and second seed and compatriot Gilles Simon in straight sets in the second. Gasquet defeated Olivier Rochus and Andreas Seppi in the Serbian Open, but lost to John Isner despite being two points away from victory and a break up in the final set. As preparation for the French Open, Gasquet entered the Open de Nice. Gasquet started his 2014 season in the Qatar Exxon Mobil Open in Doha, where he was the defending champion. Federer’s elbow is in a similar position to Gasquet’s at this point in the stroke, but high-elbow proponents include del Potro and Gonzalez. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. [43] His serve is also not especially strong, being known more for spin rather than speed. In Madrid, Gasquet beat Thomaz Bellucci and Victor Troicki, before succumbing to Roger Federer. Executing one of the most deadly top-spin single-handed backhands. “We keep saying he has a less physical game but he plays the same sport, with the same effort, he just doesn’t show it.”. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. He then reached the final of the Aegon International. In one of the great Wimbledon quarterfinals, Gasquet recovered from a sluggish start and a deficit of two sets and a break in the third, to upset the two-time finalist by a scoreline in five sets. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. At the Monte-Carlo Masters, Gasquet advanced to the second round after a three-set win over Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver, but was defeated by Tomáš Berdych. He later avenged this defeat in the Davis Cup first-round tie against Germany, where he beat Haas in five sets. 2 seed Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals before losing to No. He also has Lagardère Tags on his sleeves. At the French Open, Gasquet reached the fourth round, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. He then headed to Australia to play in the Medibank International Sydney, losing to Viktor Troicki. He reached the third rounds of the Rogers Cup in Canada and the Southern & Western Open in Cincinnati, where he was defeated by Nicolás Almagro and Mardy Fish, respectively. At the age of 15 years and 10 months, he defeated Argentina's Franco Squillari in the first round of that tournament to become the youngest player to win a top-tier tour (ATP Tour, Grand Prix tennis circuit or World Championship Tennis) main draw singles match since Tommy Ho at Rye Brook in 1988. In the first round, he defeated Marat Safin. He also withdrew from Wimbledon as a result. He joined fellow top-ten players Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and former top-10 player Tommy Haas, a silver medalist in 2000 at the Sydney Olympic Games to all opted out of that year's Olympic Games. It is no secret that the 'Fedal' rivalry has helped revolutionize modern tennis and boost viewership numbers across the board. The two Swiss men also hold their forearms essentially parallel to the ground, with the right hand slung lower than Almagro and Gasquet. Leaving the pressure and records in the locker room, Federer toppled Gasquet 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in 74 minutes, racing into the second round and becoming the first player in the Open era with 42 straight wins on grass! He started his campaign with straight sets victories over Ernests Gulbis and Marcos Baghdatis respectively before defeating Dustin Brown in the semifinals in three sets and Paul-Henri Mathieu in the final in straight sets to retain his singles title and win his fourth Open Sud de France singles title. With this result, he made his return to the top 20 of the rankings. They rarely lose first rounds or throw away matches. [31] Gasquet lost in the singles first round in Halle and at Wimbledon. He lost in the fourth round to Gaël Monfils in straight sets, despite having held set points in both the second and third sets. At the US Open he brushed aside sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko in the second round, the Russian winning a mere nine games. He was also the youngest player to finish in the year-end ATP top 200. Gasquet then played in the Aegon Championships in preparation for Wimbledon, and won against Kei Nishikori and Rajeev Ram, but withdrew in the third round due to a back injury. "Obviously they were all very gifted from the start. 7 as a result, his highest ranking to date. 38 in the ATP singles rankings - his lowest since being world No. “They are better at tennis at 33, 34 years of age than they were at 20.”. Gasquet, later announced his decision to not take part in the upcoming Beijing Olympics, preferring instead to prepare for the US Open. Gasquet started the second half of the year badly, losing in the singles first round at Wimbledon and the US Open, and the singles second round in Montreal and Cincinnati. He then defeated Simone Bolelli and received a walkover into the semifinals following Andy Murray's withdrawal because of illness, where he was then defeated by David Ferrer. At the Monte-Carlo Masters, Gasquet recorded his 500th ATP Tour career main draw singles victory with a third-round win over Mischa Zverev. Gasquet was forced to miss the first three ATP Masters 1000 tournaments of the year (Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo), following appendicitis surgery. Immediately thereafter, he made the quarterfinals at the Open Sud de France, where he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber. Your IP: 85.126.241.186 He was the second-youngest player ever to compete in the main draw there. At the French Open, Gasquet cruised through his first two rounds before impressively defeating Thomaz Bellucci in four sets in front of an animated Parisian crowd. In May 2009, Gasquet was provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine. For more exclusive content from Tennisbuzz, including news, features, trivia, promotions and more, please be sure to sign up for our newsletter below or via our home page. Staying below ten winners and spraying more than 50 errors, Richard was never a contender against the man on the mission, with Roger hitting more winners than unforced errors and having a clear advantage in the shortest and more extended exchanges. However, he then lost his quarterfinal match to twice former Monte Carlo champion Juan Carlos Ferrero. 1, attained on 9 September 2002.[6]. Seeded No. Indeed, his baseline groundstrokes have previously been characterised as toothless. Gasquet has launched the Richard Gasquet Foundation which aims to use sport as a means to bring underprivileged children back to health, and help them build a future. Gasquet has been playing on the ATP Tour for 18 years, so is well positioned to assess Federer and his rivals who have dominated tennis for nearly two decades. (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. At the Mutua Madrid Open, Gasquet was defeated in the first round by the Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver. He also performs many harder, rarer shots in today's game such as the drive volley, half-volley and occasionally serve-and-volleys. Then, in a controversial move, he opted out of a key reverse-singles match against Andy Roddick. At the Italian Open, he played Roger Federer in the third round, and came from behind to claim a spectacular victory in three sets with two tiebreaks. He saved three match points before closing it out in a 10–8 tiebreak. Gasquet's best singles results from mid-February to the end of June were in ATP World Tour tournaments in Marseille, Halle and Eastbourne, losing in the singles semifinals of all three of them. In the third round, he lost to Fernando González in a five-set match that lasted over four hours. Gasquet explained how the two have retained their edge over the rest of the tour by changing their game over the years. Gasquet also made the quarterfinals in the Kuala Lumpur Open 250 tournament in Malaysia, losing to Fernando Verdasco despite leading 3–0 in the first set.[14]. He was defeated by Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. France then went on to lose the tie 2–3, the first time they had exited in the first round since 2000. Gasquet came back from a set down to defeat Marc Gicquel in the first round. Despite his strengths, Gasquet also has a few prominent weaknesses, which could be argued are entirely responsible for his lack of success in big tournaments and against top 10 opponents. Gasquet played with Tsonga in the doubles final of the Sydney Medibank International, scoring a major upset over world No. His best performance in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles tournaments was being the runner-up in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto in 2006 and 2012. [22] This victory made Gasquet one of only eight active players to be placed in the top 10 for number of titles, finals and semifinals attained. He reached the doubles final of the Monte Carlo Masters with Julien Benneteau, where the French team lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. He has shown versatility in returning difficult shots to his backhand with various methods, whether by slice, topspin angles, or heavy power. After winning his first-round match at Monte Carlo, Gasquet's poor form continued as he lost in the second round to Sam Querrey, and then both of his opening-round matches in Rome and Hamburg to Luis Horna and to Andreas Seppi, respectively. Roger Federer wins 'without showing effort' despite working just as hard - or harder - than anyone else, says Richard Gasquet. After defeating Nick Lindahl, Feliciano López, and Igor Andreev, Gasquet lost in four sets in the fourth round of the Australian Open to eventual finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Shocked by a qualifier Mario Ancic in the first round in 2002, Roger Federer made sure not to repeat the same mistake at Wimbledon, winning the first Major crown at the All England Club a year later. However, upon contact, he hits the ball flat with an eastern grip while flicking his wrist, seemingly combining flat and topspin strokes together. "How gifted they are but that they are, (they are) better at tennis at 33, 34 years of age than they were at 20. [29][30] Gasquet won only one singles match (in Madrid) in his next three tournaments - Budapest, Madrid and Rome. Gasquet delivered two great holds at the beginning of the second set, creating a break chance in the fourth game and losing ground once he squandered it, allowing Roger Federer to clinch a … He reached the fourth round of the US Open for the second year in a row, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt in five sets. This aspect of his game in particular has been lamented by his fans around the globe, who see him as being too set in his ways to change this aspect of his approach to the detriment of his results against the best players in the world, who can easily take advantage of it. When he was nine years old, Gasquet was touted as a future champion on the cover of the February 1996 issue of French Tennis Magazine. 27. Gasquet then defeated countryman Jérémy Chardy, before losing to David Nalbandian in the semifinals. Gasquet finished 2002 as the No. "Same with Roger Federer, you couldn't really say that his backhand was great when he was younger, but now he just doesn't miss with it. Gasquet suffered further misery in the second round at Wimbledon, when he once again relinquished a two-set lead, this time to wild-card Nick Kyrgios, losing a joint Grand Slam record nine match points in the process. At Wimbledon, he was defeated in the fourth round by Andy Murray. 1 Roger Federer. Since the... You have entered an incorrect email address! Due to long list of historic accomplishments, the 39-year-old Federer is considered by many sports analysts to be possibly the greatest tennis player of all time. In the semifinals, he defeated Yuri Schukin for a place in the final, where he lost to Nicolás Almagro. ATP & WTA Roger Federer head to head tennis search. He received a bye in the first round, and then defeated compatriot Michaël Llodra, before losing to Fernando Verdasco in the third round. However, he lost both his singles rubbers in a quarterfinal tie versus Russia and suffered an abdominal injury in that tie which left him out of action for a month. Roger Federer VS Richard Gasquet #Title Not Set# Show Head 2 Head Detail VS 18 90% Wins Rank 4. 16 seed Jack Sock 3–6, 3–6. • But what is really impressive is how they manage to stay motivated, every week and for every tournament. At the Paris Masters, he outlasted Nicolas Mahut in a marathon, winning 9–7 in the third set tiebreak, before falling to Roger Federer in straight sets in the second round. Seeded seventh, he had victories over Farrukh Dustov, Daniel Brands, and fourth seed Albert Montañés to reach the semifinals. An unrepeatable era, record after record that saw in Nadal's 13th Roland Garros another epic feat, something unimaginable and which for many is the greatest feat in the history of all sports. 1 Roger Federer. 13. Both Federer and Wawrinka’s rackets are more upright at this stage, whereas Gasquet and Almagro have laid the racket head back slightly. In February, Gasquet reached the singles final of the Open Sud de France for the sixth consecutive year, where he was defeated by his countryman Lucas Pouille in straight sets. This is shown in his almost equal success on all surfaces, having reached at least the fourth round of all grand slam tournaments on multiple occasions. French 15-time ATP champion Richard Gasquet admits there is fear every time he takes a coronavirus test as he hopes his fellow compatriot will have a quick recovery from the coronavirus. He defeated David Ferrer in the quarterfinals, once again letting a two-set lead slip before holding his nerve to win 6–3 in the fifth. Gasquet's strong play was enough to secure a year-end top 10 finish in the singles rankings for the fourth time in his career.[23]. 7 Richard Gasquet, whose best years came at a time when both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were in their prime, is in awe of their ability to keep improving themselves even after crossing 30. Only one Roger per generationGilles concludes, "there won't be another Roger even" ❤️❤️ #Federer. 1 duo Bob and Mike Bryan. What does matter is the position of the wrist, and the racquet face. "What impresses me the most with the best players is that they manage to keep their motivation, every tournament and every week," Richard Gasquet said. Like his forehand, he winds up very far backwards with a big circular take-back, with his left hand supporting the take-back. France defeated the United States in the final, after Gasquet and Mladenovic pulled off the decisive victory in the mixed doubles. Gasquet is best known for his long groundstrokes and his one-handed backhand. Gasquet currently endorses the Head Graphene Extreme Pro. In 2006, Gasquet had a slow start after a first-round defeat by Tommy Haas at the Australian Open. He lost to Tsonga (whom he beat at Wimbledon) in the third round in straight sets. Gasquet made his return to the tour at the Pilot Pen championship in New Haven to qualify for the main draw, but lost in the second round of qualifying. At Monte Carlo, he notched his first win over a top-10 opponent of the year, winning his third-round match over Ivan Ljubičić, ranked No. Richard Gasquet Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal’s Dominiance Gasquet explains that the Big Three outplay the rest of the tour with their small improvements in the regular techniques of tennis. Gasquet won his 15th ATP career singles title and his third one on grass at the Rosmalen Championships in the Netherlands with a 6–3, 7–6 win over Jérémy Chardy. Sports; ATP – Rolex Paris Masters> Gasquet: “In terms of intensity, at the baseline, Schwartzman is at the level of Nadal, Federer, Djokovic” Gasquet lost his opening singles matches in his next three tournaments - Rotterdam, Dubai and Miami. Gasquet lost in the first round of the US Open to eventual semifinalist Matteo Berrettini in 4 sets. Gasquet reached the fourth round in Miami, but was defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic. At Wimbledon, he defeated three top-30 players, including 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov, 2014 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nick Kyrgios and 2015 French Open Champion Stanislas Wawrinka. “With Roger Federer, you couldn’t really say that his backhand was great when he was younger, but now he just doesn’t miss with it,” Gasquet said. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. He lost in the third round of the French Open to Rafael Nadal 3–6, 2–6, 2–6, to fall to a 0–16 match record against Nadal. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal soon found company in fellow Big 3 rival Novak Djokovic at the apex of the sport; the trio have totally monopolized the Grand Slams, winning 57 of the last 69 Major events. He won the men's doubles Olympic bronze medal in 2012 with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. Gasquet started out the year as the top seed of the Sydney Medibank International, but made an early second-round exit to eventual champion Dmitry Tursunov. Following a disappointing opening half of the season, in the space of three weeks he successfully defended his title at Nottingham, lost in a first-round meeting with Roger Federer at Wimbledon, and won his second title of the year on clay in Gstaad. Gasquet then traveled to Sydney, Australia for the Medibank International. The following week in Gstaad, as defending champion, he beat Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and avenged his Roland Garros loss to Kristof Vliegen, but lost in the quarterfinals to Igor Andreev. He advanced to the final with wins over Lukáš Lacko, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Olivier Rochus, and Potito Starace. [19], At the US Open, Gasquet made it to the singles semifinals, his best run at a Grand Slam event since the 2007 Wimbledon tournament. 13 as a result of this run. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). Next, Gasquet played the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament, where he defeated Carlos Moyá in the first round. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. In the final, he was defeated by defending champion Feliciano Lopez for the first time in five meetings. 11. At Gasquet's first grass court tournament of the season, the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club, he beat Simone Bolelli in the first round before losing to the third-seeded seed Milos Raonic in the second round.
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